Support Services for the Application of Funding for the Intermodal Facility at HHLA CTB

The Challenge

For the maritime industry worldwide, energy sustainability has become an important topic not only to meet increasingly strict environmental regulations but especially as a means of improving profitability. Against this background the Client has awarded HPC to develop a structured, model-based approach that can be used by ports and terminals to identify suitable measures to increase their energy sustainability and thus improve their environmental compatibility and profitability. As a result, the project paves the way for prosperous logistics service provision,which is in line with community and environmental requirements. A central project result is a simulation and lifecycle assessment model to configure the logistics and energy consumption of a port or terminal.

Tasks Performed

• Develop a structured procedure that can be applied by ports and terminals to improve their level of energy sustainability
• Prepare a generic energy sustainability measures catalogue for ports and terminals
• Conception of a simulation tool for modelling the energy consumption of a port / terminal
• Develop a model for assessing the environmental impact of energy sustainability measures
• Set up models for the economic assessment of energy sustainability measures
• Verify the developed procedure and models by comprehensive field studies
• Examine the transfer potential of the procedure in related fields of application

Benefit 

• Well-structured approach to identify measures for energy efficiency improvement and to increase the use of renewable energy
• Provision of simulation-based load profile analysis
• Cost-effective but realistic assessment of energy sustainability measures and economic analyses